Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-18

general. The practice of vaccination on
so large . scale must be most reassuring
to those who think about the matter.
The members Of the State Board of
Health from this city. who are now in
Los Angeles, are of the notion that the
full truth has been concealed in these
premises. It is well they are with you,
as doubtless full investigation of the
facts il sure to prove 10 them that the
truth has not been held back.
And by the way, the papers here
make much parade Of their fairness OF
spirit towards Los Angeles. Well. of
course, most of them draw more or less
business from that section, and the pru-
dence of business considerations preclude
their sscolding" you very much. But
they all enjoy q little dig. or quiet
Joke at your expense. The chap who
writes for the Sunday Chronicle col
umn of alleged funny stuff, and who SO
often draws on his Imagination for his
facts, and on his memory for his wit, is
one Of those who like to get a slap at
the southern end of the State. Los An.
geles is, of course. the exponent of that
section, and most of his abortive wit is
leveled at her.
PERSONAL MATTERS.
Among the Angelenos one encounters
on the street, are Governor B. f. Porter,
Of San Fernando, who was here last
week on flying visit. The great Gov.
ernor looked well, but was in some
hurry to get back to the sunny south.
Governor Mintzer. of Cotton, was here,
too, not exactly triste at being con-
demned to spend a short space around
the corner Of Montgomery and California
streets, but still with
"a longing, lingering look behind"
him to the Indianapolis of the Pacific.
General John r. Mathews is in this
city, having come in Saturday from a
business trip up the coast from San
Pedro. He was ten days on the road,
and he reports the coast counties in a
fourishing condition.
Mr.. w. 8. Maxwell has been here for
week. He is one of the most con-
tented of the Angelic Colony who has to
absent himself from felicity while"
Among those whom met at the park
to-day was Abe Norton, whilom An
gelefo. but now of the Bay City, and an
attache of the mint. Abe looks well,
as if his exile agreed with him. He was
much interested in such scraps of An.
gelic news as l could cudgel from my
dull brains to tell him during an hour
we sat listening to the music. Abe did
not listen all the time to either the
strains from the band, nor to the stories
from the orange groves. His eye wan.
dered often to rest in admiration on a
pretty face and shapely figure in the
crowd. These figures all wore dresses
instead of mans unmentionables. Mrs.
Norton was at home. and Abe's son is
still too young, in spite of inherited pre-
cocity, to notice. I used to do such
pleasant sins myself. but l have re.
formed-not from old age. as l am not
quite go yet.
Mr.. Ernest Cox, your real estate man,
was also at the park. He kept his eyes
under great control in the presence of so
much dazzling beauty as the Bay City is
capable of pouring forth of Sunday
afternoon. l do not think it was Just
Simon-pure virtue on Cox's part. Mrs.
Cox was by his side. And here I must
explain again. She kept his chaste
eyes at home, not from fear of a cur.
tain lecture. The lady fears no rival,
however beautiful.
Mr.. w. H. Holmes, your real estate
man, was in the city last week. He has
the same idea of real estate all Ange.
le1os get by visit here. He thinks Los
Angeles is still place to make big for.
tunes.
Our friend Galloway, the Searcher of
Records, who came up here some two
months ago, to have specialist of some
sort prescribe for his throat. is getting
well quite rapidly. He hopes soon to re.
turn to his home and resume business.
There are a great many others here
from your city. but when one has moth
ing to do he usually does it much more
diligently than he ever attends to more
serious matters. At least find this the
case, and glad as am to run across an
acquaintance on the street, some thing
soon effaces the memory of the meeting,
and his name slips my misd before l
make up my mind to infiict another let
ter on the readers of the HERALD.
LOoKER-oN IN VIENNA.
San Francisco. March Is, 1887.
P.S. wrote the above last night.
To-day, for the fiftieth time, saw the
sheets of the ILLUSTRATED HERALD.
The publication is now nearly ready to
ship to you. 1t will eclipse in all re.
spects the superb ILLUSTRATED HERALDs
OF former years.
By the way, the papers to-day here
are all full of the smallpox scare in Los
Angeles. 1t is well the State Board
went down. The kilograms setting
forth their impression will do good. The
Chronicle has interviews with Judge
Ross, Harry Gage, Dan Mcfarland and
others. They are in the right direction.
Mr.. Mcfarland makes one erroneous
statement. He says the Los Angeles
papers have suppressed the facts. 1
know this is not correct. Three weeks
ago the HERALD had full and com.
plete statement of the situation at that
date. l obtained the data myself for
you, Mr.. Editor, and it was full and
accurate. From time to time since you
have had further statements in the same
satisfactory manner. The trouble is,
people who are ''smarter" than the
papels, will not trust their statements;
and such "smart Alecks" always get
left. LOW.